About S&W 442

Smith & Wesson is a producer of various firearms based in the United States. It has quite long tradition in manufacturing of high quality firearms of a worldwide success. Its corporate headquarters is based in Springfield, Massachusetts in the USA. The S&W is offering a wide range of various products, such as shooting and field rests, gunsmithing tools, hearing protection, gun vises, vault accessories and ammo tumblers.

This company has introduced even over 300 variations of accessories products. This company, currently known as the Smith & Wesson was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. Leaders of the Smith & Wesson had to faced with their financial difficulties, however they were forced to sell their company to a shirt producer by the name of Oliver Winchester. In 1866, using the original lever action design created by the Smith & Wesson, Winchester’s company emerged as the famous Winchester Repeating Arms Co. The Smith & Wesson formed their second partnership in 1856 to manufacture a small revolver which was designed to fire the Rimfire cartridge they patented in 1854.

The Smith & Wesson secured their patents for the revolver to prevent other producers from producing a cartridge revolver what was giving the young company a very lucrative business. Actually, the two most important customers for the new revolver were the United States Cavalry, that purchased 1,000 units for usage on the Western Frontier and the Russian Imperial Government.

The Smith & Wesson 442 belongs to the J-Frame Centennial family. The features of the Model 442 are a fully enclosed internal hammer, swing out cylinder and a DAO action. The frame of the 442 is made of aluminium and the cylinder is made of blue carbon steel. This revolver is favorite among concealed carry gun users for it’s small size

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